Brake-shoe.



- No.88'7,244. PATEN'TBD' MAY 12, 1908.

J. D. GALLAGHER.

BRAKE SHQB. APP IIIIIIIIII LED 001222. 1901.

IIINIYIIII JOSEPH. I (:ALLAGHER. til" GlfhNltlDGE, NEW JERSEY, AEBIGNOR TO EDWARD H. FA LLOWS, 'lB'USlEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BQ'LAKE -SHOE.

Eipecification of Letters Patent. Patented May 12, 1908.

Serial E0. 398,666.

Anplicstion filed. October 22, 1907.

be secured to the back in. any suitable men nor, i prefer to cast them directly thereto in the manner well understood by those skilled l in the art. The inner or abutting ends of the i sections are provided with s, recess G which i extends inwardly iron] the face of the shoe opposite to the attaching lug D. The depth and Width of this recess are substantially those of the attaching lug, whereby said recess is adapted to receive the attaching lug of o partially worn shoev Extending inwardly from the sides of said recess are the lugs H, which are adapted to pass through the open ings in the attaching lug of a partially worn shoe, end told the some securely i lace, as is clearly shown in Figs 3 and 5. T re Wearsurieces of the brake shoe sections are provided with the recesses J, adapted to receive the upturned ends F of the heck of the partially worn shoe. The back end visce of the shoe are given the some degree of curveture, in order that the back of the partially Worn shoe will tit snugly against the face of the new one to which it is to be attached.

W hen the brake snoe has been Worn down in service, it is detached from the brake head and attached to new shoe in the followin manner: Owing to the fact that the meta which forms the detaching lug is thinned or reduced, as hereinbei'ore described, the sections oi? the new shoe may be drawn apart in the direction of the length of the shoe, Where by the lugs H may be separated a, sufficient distance to allow the attaching lug of the pertielly Worn shoe to be inserted between them, after which the said I sections are sprung or forced back into their normal positions, the lugs H "passing through the openings E in the attaching lug of the Worn shoe, thereby holding it securely in place. The new shoe, to which the Worn shoe has been attached, is then fastened to the brake head in the usual manner. l ice, the body portion and heck oi the old shoe will be completely Worn sway, siter which he bodv portion of the new shoe will he W01 i down in the usual manner. Vt hen new shoe has been Worn down suificientl it in turn may be detached from. the brake head end attached to another shoe in the l snner shove described. it will thus be i met by means of my invention, the brake shoe will be completely used up in service, thereby avoiding any Waste of materie To cit whom it in any concern: ithnown that 1.,Js .l

. .en oi the United lrtstes, and a. resident Glcnridge, in the county of Essex and of New Jersey, we made and inventend usenil lniprovcn'tents in of which the following o to an improvement in i particularly to that doe having it steel or Wrought l l l I nd other objects in view, my t: in the construction. and l s, will he hereinafter 1r nil d and specifically pointed. out in claims.

Reta-ring to the drawings, Figure 1 2 t perspective view of my improved. shoe. Fig. is it s elevation of the shoe otter having ielly Worn down. 3 is a secv showing the erth-idly Worn shoe 4. is s bottom s sectional yiew on sift-own in the di' ings, the the shoe, which in sy be made metal or metals, preferably .11, is divi ed. transversely across the for ing two sections A and B, in position, with tl ir inner tting, by means of the lmcl: C.

sh consists of plate of steel,

iron, or any other suitable ductile or n e centre et at which by elongettion el'sout oneahy snowing pair pose herons ne irehe shoe iney f" *lly described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A brake shoe comprising a sectional body and a one piece back permanently secured thereto, substantially as described.

2. A brake shoe comprising a body divided transversely into two sections, and a one piece back permanently secured thereto, substantially as described.

- 3. A brake shoe comprising a sectional body and a one piece back secured thereto,

. said back being provided with a lug of cornparatively thin metal, substantially as described.

4. A brake shoe comprising a sectional body, said sections having abutting ends, a

back permanently secured to said sections,

and recesses formed in the abutting ends, substantially as described.

5. ll brake shoe comprising a body com- 20 posed of sections abutting at their ends, a back permanently secured to said sections, a recess formed in said abutting ends and lugs extending into said recess, substantially as" described.

' JOSEPH I). GALLAGHER. l/Vitnesses a M. VAN NORTWIOK,

JOHN B. VVHITE.

\ 6. A brake shoe comprising a SGOiJIOIlEtL 

